Box Score MIAMI (Jan. 31, 2013) – A layup by Middle Tennessee's Shawn Jones as time expired handed the FIU men's basketball team (11-10, 6-6 SBC) a 66-64 loss to the Blue Raiders (19-4, 11-1 SBC) on Thursday night at U.S. Century Bank Arena.
 
With the game tied at 64-64 and 0.9 seconds on the clock, MT's Bruce Massey lobbed an out-of-bounds pass from underneath the basket to Jones in the paint for the game-winner. The loss snapped a five-game, home-winning streak for the Panthers and resulted in FIU's second-straight conference defeat.
 
FIU, which led by as many as 20 points, finished the game shooting 42.6 percent from the floor (23-of-54) and was led by junior Tymell Murphy who posted a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native went 8-of-13 from the floor, while recording his seventh double-double of the season.
 
Redshirt sophomore Marco Porcher Jimenez notched a career-high 15 points, draining a career-best four 3-pointers, while junior Malik Smith added 11 points for his 17th game with 10-or-more points this season.
 
The Panthers built a 17-point lead heading to halftime, holding the Blue Raiders to 26.9 percent shooting from the floor (7-of-26). However, Middle Tennessee out-shot FIU 63.0 percent to 37.5 percent in the second half to give the Blue Raiders their 19th victory of the season.
 
FIU held a 28-26 edge in points-in-the-paint and forced 19 Middle Tennessee turnovers, resulting in 29 Panther points. The Blue Raiders out-rebounded FIU, 39-30, while the Panthers held a 10-9 advantage in second-chance points. 
 
FIU will next host the ULM Warhawks at U.S. Century Bank Arena on Saturday, Feb. 2. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu